I'm heading to the Ozark coach outlet but can't see any specials on the website so I don't know if there's any specials there or not... fingers crossed though as i'm on the hunt for my very first coach!!
good luck! i was at the outlet about 2 weeks ago and they had some great deals on the smaller soho hobos and bleeker bags. i think either type would be a great small first bag and they had tons of bigger bags too - most at an add'l 20% off.